B - 1929-1939 Flashcards
1
Q
May reports suggested cut to unemployment
A
20%
2
Q
How Keynes described the ‘May Report’
A
‘foolish document’
3
Q
Actual cut to benefit in 1931
A
10% and a means test
4
Q
Lowered interest rates to help depression
A
2%
5
Q
British exports fallen between 1929-1931
A
Fell by a half
6
Q
Where unemployment reached in 1932
A
£3 million
7
Q
Output of motor cars between ‘29-‘39
A
Doubled employing 400,000 people
8
Q
Output of electricity ‘29-‘39
A
Electricity doubled
9
Q
Tariff on non-empire goods
A
10%
10
Q
Regional unemployment
- Merthyr Tyydfill
- Maryport
- Jarrow
A
Merthyr - 62% male
Maryport - 50% male
Jarrow - 70%
11
Q
Extended regulations
A
7-11 million
12
Q
Special Areas Act
A
£2 million
13
Q
Average weekly rent
A
11 shillings a week
14
Q
York Study
A
3/4 men lived in poverty, 10% unemployment since 1900
15
Q
Increase of GDP from housing 1932-1934
A
1/3
